How do we care for women with a diagnosis of diabetes when they are pregnant & why is the extra care we give so important? In this episode I explore existing diabetes and gestational diabetes and the differences and similarities between them and the impact they have on pregnancy experience and outcome.

Want to know more?
NICE guidance: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng3
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD012327.pub2/full
GDM & the risk of stillbirth https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.15659

Help & information for pregnant women
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/pregnancy/during-pregnancy
https://abcd.care/dtn-education/diabetes-tech-in-pregnancy
https://www.gestationaldiabetes.co.uk/gestational-diabetes-support/
https://jdrf.org.uk/news/nhs-access-to-cgm-for-pregnant-women-with-type-1-diabetes-begins-in-england/

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